BAKIT HINDI NA NAKIKIPAG-USAP ANG DIOS SA TAO NGAYON DI TULAD NUONG LUMANG TIPAN?

St. John the Beloved resting on the breast of the Divine Master... He is enjoying the presence of the Son of God that Abraham, Moses, David and Daniel only wished to enjoy but never had the Grace to see and to touch. WE HAVE SOMETHING GREATER THAN SOLOMON HERE! [detail of the Last Supper in stained glass]

Swiss Guard said...

Father, may 2 tanong lang po ako.

1) Nasa Genesis 18:1-15 napakita si Yahweh kay Abraham sa anyong 3 Lalaki at nagbigay galang sya sa paninikluhod sa lupa yung 3 Lalaki po bang ito, ito po ba ang Trinity?

2) Bakit po noong panahon ng Lumang Tipan nakikipag-usap pa ang Diyos sa Tao bakit po ngayon hindi na po?

Thank you po in advance -Swiss Guard

October 13, 2010 4:34 PM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

[1) Nasa Genesis 18:1-15 napakita si Yahweh kay Abraham sa anyong 3 Lalaki at nagbigay galang sya sa paninikluhod sa lupa yung 3 Lalaki po bang ito, ito po ba ang Trinity?]

YES, BROTHER. THAT THREE MEN OR THREE ANGELS ARE ACTUALLY THE MANIFESTATION OF THE HOLY TRINITY. THEY ARE THREE BUT ARE SPEAKING AS ONE. THE CHURCH RECOGNIZE THEM AS THE HOLY TRINITY WHO APPEARED IN THE FORMS OF 3 MEN OR THREE ANGELS.

[2) Bakit po noong panahon ng Lumang Tipan nakikipag-usap pa ang Diyos sa Tao bakit po ngayon hindi na po?]

THIS IS THE ANSWER OF THE BIBLE:

Hebrews 1:1-4 [Douay-Rheims Bible] "God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all, 2 In these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world. 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, making purgation of sins, sitteth on the right hand of the majesty on high. 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they."

SO, GOD PREVIOUSLY SPOKE THROUGH THE PROPHETS OR THROUGH PILLAR OF FIRE, ETC. BUT WHEN JESUS CAME HE SPOKE TO US DIRECTLY THROUGH THE SON. THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT TRUE THAT GOD IS NO LONGER COMMUNICATING TO US NOW. RATHER THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN NOW IS MORE DIRECT AND MORE PERFECT. BECAUSE GOD HAS PERFECTED THE COVENANT WITH US. HE CAME ON EARTH TO BE WITH US NOT ONLY BY APPEARANCE OF FIRE, CLOUDS OR SIMPLY HEARING HIS VOICE, OR A SIMPLE VISIT.

THE SON OF GOD 'DWELT' AMONG US [cf. John 1:14]. WE HAVE SEEN HIM, WE HAVE TOUCHED AND HAVE CAREFULLY WATCHED [cf. 1 John 1:1-3].

TODAY, THE LORD GOD SPEAKS TO US STILL THROUGH THE SON:

1. Through the Word of God which is now complete and perfected.

2. Through the Church - the Body of Christ

3. Through the Sacraments especially in His Body and Blood

4. Through the Holy Spirit poured forth upon us in Baptism.

ACTUALLY, WE ARE BETTER NOW THAN THE SAINTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT BECAUSE WE CAN PARTAKE OF THE BANQUET OF THE LORD IN THE MASS AND WE ARE PART OF HIS BODY THE CHURCH BY BAPTISM AND WE ARE ABLE TO BE IN COMMUNION WITH HIM BY THE EUCHARIST. THAT IS WHY IN JOHN 6 JESUS EXPLAINS THAT MOSES AND THE FOREFATHERS ATE THE MANNA IN THE DESERT BUT THEY DIED. THE BREAD THAT HE WILL GIVE US 'HIS BODY' WILL GIVE THE PARTAKERS ETERNAL LIFE. SO, WE ARE MORE BLESSED. IN JOHN 4 JESUS TOLD THE SAMARITAN WOMAN THAT HE CAN GIVE A WATER THAT WELLS INTO ETERNAL LIFE UNLIKE THE WELL OF JACOB. THAT WATER IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVEN TO US IN PENTECOST AND IN BAPTISM. SO WE ARE BETTER THAN JACOB..

THAT IS WHY THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH ARE SAYING THAT EVEN MOSES OR THE ANGELS ARE ENVIOUS OF US FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN CHRIST. WHEN YOU ARE IN FRONT OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT OR IN THE MASS, YOU ARE BETTER THAN ABRAHAM AND MOSES. REMEMBER, ABRAHAM TREATED THE HOLY TRINITY IN A BANQUET BUT IN THE MASS JESUS IS THE ONE TREATING US IN THE HEAVENLY BANQUET GIVING US HIS BODY AND BLOOD.

October 14, 2010 10:05 AM